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Conference Dealing with Drugs Cities and the quest for regulation
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In conjunction with numerous cities globally, the city of Amsterdam is contending with the repercussions of drug-related crime. The international conference 'Dealing with Drugs – Cities and the quest for regulation' is being organised by the mayor of Amsterdam to address this challenge. The primary goal of the conference is to delve into the potential solutions that further regulation of the drug market can offer, focusing not on whether but on how it can be implemented. The aim is to identify practical steps towards a more realistic approach to drug policy. Scheduled for January 26, 2024, the conference will be hosted at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Invitations for this event are personal and there are limited seats available.
If you received an invitation, please register. You can use the email address on which you were approached.
If you have not received an invitation, but are interested to attend the conference, please send an email with your name, your role and a brief motivation to conferenceondrugs@amsterdam.nl.
Speakers and panelists
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Femke Halsema
Host and initiator, Mayor City of Amsterdam
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Ann Fordham
Moderator of the conference, Executive Director International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
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Neil Woods
Board member, Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), UK
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Steve Rolles
Writer and Senior Policy Analyst at Transform Drug Policy Foundation, UK
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Sander Schimmelpenninck
Moderator of the conference
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Alec von Graffenried
Mayor of Bern
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Claudia Lopez
Former Mayor (as of 01-01-2024), City of Bogotá
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Giuseppe Sala
Mayor of Milan
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Charity Monareng
Executive director, SSDP International
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Ruby Rose Lawlor
Executive Director, Youth R.I.S.E
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Floor van Bakkum
Head of Prevention Department, Jellinek Addiction Care Institution, Netherlands
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Gjalt-Jorn Peters
Associate professor Theory, Methods and Statistics, Open University of the Netherlands
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Wim van den Brink
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction, University Medical Center Amsterdam
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Machteld Busz
Initator and director, Poppi Drugs Museum and Foundation Mainline
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Mafalda Pardal
European lead , RAND Europe
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Martin Jelsma
Director of the Drugs and Democracy Programme, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam
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Sheila P. Vakharia
Deputy Director, Research and Academic Engagement
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Elly de Knikker
Marketeer, Graficelly BV
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Kaj Hollemans
Legal advisor, KH Legal Advice
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Adrià Cots Fernandez
Research and advocacy officer, International Drug Policy Consortium
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Julia Joos
Urban drug coordinator, City of Bern